Three reviews:
Rachael - Dinner was an unexpected delight. With a small cast of six talented, intelligent actors this very witty and imaginative script to life. What first grabbed my attention was reading that 'Alfred Enoch' (Harry Potter's dean) was to appear in the cast. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he is an exceptionally gifted actor and kept the pace and held his own alongside more mature co-stars. The comic timing was perfect and the whole experience was sublime! Five stars!
Hannah - Dinner is a black comedy that revolves around two couples, a woman, a man and waiter as their secrets spill out over their meal. Alls even actors portrayed excellent, neat performances which polished off the simple but effective set.
Rebecca - Dinner is a black comedy centred around 2 married couples, a vegetarian, a burgler and a mysterious waiter. Their secrets spill out over their extraordinary meal. The play closes with a shocking twist, leaving the audience fully engaged and fascinated.
All actors produced excellent portrayals of their characters, making it as slick and neat as the set itself.
Dinner was very easy to follow due to only one set, was very funny due to the chashes of different personalities and very entertaining because of the huge twits and anti-climaxes.
All three young people are part of the Rep Company from Burnley Youth Theatre and all three through that the piece was suitable for rural touring, that they'd book them and that it would be worth pursuing this company.
Spot on Sue
ReplyDeleteI went along to this, and its thrown up for me an interesting debate of what "suitable for rural touring" means to different generations. This was a well written play, but to me the company weren't strong enough (nor the direction) to make it work. However, it provokes an interesting debate about the use of strong language in touring shows, and who is happy with it, and who is not.